Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems
By: Lawrence Perko.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: Texts in Applied Mathematics, 7
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 553
ISBN-13: 9780387951164
Copyright date: 2001
Subjects: Differential equations, Nonlinear; Differentiable dynamical systems
Description: This textbook presents a systematic study of the qualitative and geometric theory of nonlinear differential equations and dynamical systems. Although the main topic of the book is the local and global behavior of nonlinear systems and their bifurcations, a thorough treatment of linear systems is given at the beginning of the text. All the material necessary for a clear understanding of the qualitative behavior of dynamical systems is contained in this textbook, including an outline of the proof and examples illustrating the proof of the Hartman-Grobman theorem, the use of the Poincare map in the theory of limit cycles, the theory of rotated vector fields and its use in the study of limit cycles and homoclinic loops, and a description of the behavior and termination of one-parameter families of limit cycles. 

In addition to minor corrections and updates throughout, this new edition includes materials on higher order Melnikov theory and the bifurcation of limit cycles for planar systems of differential equations, including new sections on Francoise's algorithm for higher order Melnikov functions and on the finite codimension bifurcations that occur in the class of bounded quadratic systems.
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Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [539]-545 and index.